David Harvey (structural engineer)

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David Harvey
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Born1947
Gloucestershire, England
NationalityBritish
Education University of Bristol
Engineering career
Discipline Structural engineer
Institutions Institution of Structural Engineers
Structural Engineers Association of British Columbia [1]
Practice nameAssociated Engineering [2]
ProjectsAthabasca River (Suncor) Bridge, Fort McMurray, Alberta; MacKay River Bridge, Fort McMurray, Alberta; Pitt River Bridge, Port Coquitlam, BC; Alexandra Bridge Restoration, Spuzzum, BC; Burrard Bridge Restoration, Vancouver, BC
AwardsR.A. McLachlan Memorial Award, 2009 – Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia [3]

David Harvey is a British structural engineer who emigrated to Canada in 1982 to work as a bridge engineer in Vancouver, British Columbia. [4]

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Early life and education

Harvey was born in Gloucestershire, England, and read civil engineering at the University of Bristol. [4]

Career

After graduating in 1969 Harvey joined Owen Williams to design highways. [5] He moved to Freeman Fox in 1971 and one of his first jobs was check the temporary works for the Milford Haven Bridge. After researching orthotropic bridge decks at the University of Bristol he worked on the Ogmore Viaduct, the San Fernando to Princess Town Highway in Trinidad the Assafar Motorway in Kuwait and the River Hayle Viaduct in Cornwall. In 1981 he joined Associated Engineering in Vancouver which at that time was developing its bridge design capability. This led Harvey to designing low-volume road bridges in remote regions using industrial-style methods under design/build contracts. This work included some milestone industrial bridges including the Athabasca River Bridge for Suncor Energy, the McKay River Bridge, [6] the Iguana Creek submersible bridge in Belize and specialized bridges to carry some of the world’s largest moving loads. He also worked on many highway bridges for the Province of British Columbia, including the 2009 Pitt River Bridge. He has lately worked on restoration of heritage bridges particularly the Alexandra Bridge (Trans-Canada), and the City of Vancouver’s Burrard Bridge and Granville Street Bridge. [5] Harvey was the 86th President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2006-07 and the first to be living and working in Canada.

Awards and honours

Selected projects

References

  1. ↑ "Structural Engineers Association of British Columbia".
  2. ↑ "Associated Engineering, Canada".
  3. ↑ "R.A. McLachlan Memorial Award, 2009 – Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia". Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 "The man who loves bridges" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. 1 2 "The value of the Institution – a new perspective" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "The McKay River Bridge".
  7. ↑ "R.A. McLachlan Memorial Award, 2009 – Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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